diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 99ea1ec12ffe..70ef5b542681 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -3140,6 +3140,8 @@ static void mmu_free_root_page(struct kvm *kvm, hpa_t *root_hpa,
 		return;
 
 	sp = to_shadow_page(*root_hpa & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK);
+	if (WARN_ON(!sp))
+		return;
 
 	if (kvm_mmu_put_root(kvm, sp)) {
 		if (sp->tdp_mmu_page)